Here are a few more things I found out about what happened to Michael! According to a CNN update, one of the five boys--a 16-years-old--used a lighter to set Michael on fire. And then, Michael's quick thinking really paid off: Michael started running the 100 yards to an apartment complex pool in the area and jumped in to put out the fire, tearing off his clothes. Apparently, Michael's screaming can be heard on the 911 calls.Firefighter-paramedic Bobby Goss, one of those who responded, said: "Running to the pool, it probably kept the flames away from his airway and face, and it put the fire out very quickly."

Goss said they found Michael sitting on a pool chair by the pool in extreme pain. Even then, he was able to "answer questions, gave us his address, his phone number, his mom's name." Admitting that he would be marked by what he saw, Goss said: "He was a very tough kid."